Pan India Bouquets

Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f.

Family : Asteraceae
(Composite Or Aster Or Sunflower Family)
Family (Hindi name) : GENDA FAMILY (गेंदा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Asteraceae
Synonym(s) : Anaphalis contorta var. pellucida (Franch.) Y.Ling; Anaphalis falconeri C.B.Clarke; Anaphalis franchetiana Diels; Antennaria contorta D.Don; Gnaphalium contortum (D.Don) Ham. ex Spreng.; Gnaphalium pellucidum Franch.; Gnaphalium simplicicaule Wall.; Gnaphalium tenellum Wall.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Anaphalis contorta (D.Don) Hook.f.
Common name : Eared-Leaf Pearly Everlasting
Vernacular name : Buki phool (Nepali)
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Open slopes, grassland and screes, 1500 - 4500 m. altitude
Flower, Fruit : June-October
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : North Sikkim (Mangan) district,East Sikkim (Gangtok) district,West Sikkim (Geyzing) district
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to China (Yunnan, West Guizhou) and Myanmar
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 148; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1518-1519
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Anaphalis contorta. Downloaded on 4 June 2023.

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